IMPACT EVALUATION TRAINING
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), South Asia Office, is organizing a training program on the Best Practices and Methods in Impact Evaluation of Agricultural Research and Development Program from April 18, 2022 to April 23, 2022.
The program is intended for young Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) / University faculties, students with recent PhDs (Agriculture Economics/ Economics/ Statistics/ Agriculture Extension), and officials engaged in research from government ministries / departments / financial institutions, and civil societies. The training will consist of lectures on best practices in conducting field surveys, analyzing data, and using advanced methods for impact evaluation.
Specifically, the training will consist of lectures and hands on practice on Randomized Control Trials, Propensity Score Matching, Coarsened Exact Matching, Synthetic Control Matching, Difference-in-Difference, Inverse Probability Weighting, Regression Discontinuity Design, Instrumental Variables, and Endogenous Switching Regression etc. Participants will have an opportunity to discuss and develop collaborative research plans.
Registration: All interested applicants from the organization should complete the application form for this workshop. There are no registration fees.
Note: Applications should include a current CV, and a sample of research work from their on-going research activities in the registration form. If you have any further questions, please send an email to Mr. Sunil Saroj (s.saroj@cgiar.org).
Deadline: Applications must be submitted by March 10, 2022, and acceptance decisions will be made by March 22, 2022.
Venue: Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.
Course Coordinator:
Dr. Anjani Kumar, Senior Research Fellow,
International Food Policy Research Institute
Resource Persons:
Dr. Shahidur Rashid, Director – South Asia Region,
International Food Policy Research Institute
Dr. Ashok K. Mishra, Professor, W. P. Carey School of Business,
Arizona State University
Dr. Avinash Kishore, Research Fellow,
International Food Policy Research Institute
Dr. Devesh Roy, Senior Research Fellow,
International Food Policy Research Institute
Dr. Sudha Narayanan, Research Fellow,
International Food Policy Research Institute
Dr Prabhat Kishore, Scientist (Senior Scale),
National Institute of Agricultural Economics and Policy Research (NIAP)
Ms. Shweta Gupta, Research Analyst,
International Food Policy Research Institute
Ms. Manavi Gupta, Research Analyst,
International Food Policy Research Institute
Mr. Sunil Saroj, Senior Research Analyst
International Food Policy Research Institute